Kentucky Senate: Party Control and History

Current seats

Republican majorityDemocrats 6, Republicans 32. 38 seats; 20 for a majority.

Democrats 6Republicans 32

Control counts seats by party; coalitions and power-sharing agreements are not shown.

Members as of November 3, 2026 (Open States), before the winners of the November 3, 2026 elections take office.

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Democrat 6Republican 32

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2024: the candidate(s) with the most votes in each contest (MEDSL); contests with unreliable rows are not shown. Lines of the 2024 elections (US Census Bureau).

Members as of November 3, 2026 (Open States), before the winners of the November 3, 2026 elections take office.

Seats after each election, 1969-2022

Seats by election, table

Year	D	R	Other	Seats	Control
2022	7	31	0	38	Republican majority
2020	7	31	0	38	Republican majority
2018	10	28	0	38	Republican majority
2016	11	27	0	38	Republican majority
2014	12	26	0	38	Republican majority
2012	14	23	1	38	Republican majority
2010	15	22	1	38	Republican majority
2008	16	21	1	38	Republican majority
2006	16	21	1	38	Republican majority
2004	16	22	0	38	Republican majority
2002	17	21	0	38	Republican majority
2000	20	18	0	38	Democratic majority
1998	20	18	0	38	Democratic majority
1996	20	18	0	38	Democratic majority
1994	22	16	0	38	Democratic majority
1992	25	13	0	38	Democratic majority
1990	27	11	0	38	Democratic majority
1988	30	8	0	38	Democratic majority
1986	29	9	0	38	Democratic majority
1983	28	10	0	38	Democratic majority
1981	29	9	0	38	Democratic majority
1979	29	9	0	38	Democratic majority
1977	29	9	0	38	Democratic majority
1975	30	8	0	38	Democratic majority
1973	29	9	0	38	Democratic majority
1971	28	10	0	38	Democratic majority
1969	Not available

Carl Klarner, State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022: version 1.0, released June 12, 2024; a fixed historic release.

District results, 2016-2024

The candidate with the most votes in each contest.

2024: 19 contests

Incomplete in the source: counties in the file with no rows for this chamber (uncontested seats left off the ballot, or missing data).

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
1	JASON G HOWELL	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
3	CRAIG B RICHARDSON	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
5	STEPHEN MEREDITH	Republican	79.9%
7	AARON REED	Republican	68.0%
9	DAVID P GIVENS	Republican	75.3%
11	STEVE RAWLINGS	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
13	REGGIE THOMAS	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
15	RICK GIRDLER	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
17	MATT NUNN	Republican	69.0%
19	CASSIE CHAMBERS ARMSTRONG	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
21	BRANDON J STORM	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
23	CHRIS MCDANIEL	Republican	60.0%
25	ROBERT STIVERS	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
27	STEVE WEST	Republican	62.8%
29	SCOTT MADON	Republican	35.2%
31	C PHILLIP WHEELER JR	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
33	GERALD A NEAL	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
35	KETURAH J HERRON	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
37	DAVID YATES	Democrat	60.4%

2022: 19 contests

Incomplete in the source: counties in the file with no rows for this chamber (uncontested seats left off the ballot, or missing data).

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
2	DANNY CARROLL	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
4	ROBERT M ROBBY MILLS	Republican	66.6%
6	LINDSEY TICHENOR	Republican	96.3%
8	GARY M BOSWELL	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
10	MATTHEW D DENEEN	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
12	AMANDA MAYS BLEDSOE	Republican	60.5%
14	JIMMY HIGDON	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
16	GEORGE MAXWELL MAX WISE	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
18	ROBIN L WEBB	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
20	GEX JAY WILLIAMS	Republican	56.3%
22	DONALD DOUGLAS	Republican	59.7%
24	SHELLEY FUNKE FROMMEYER	Republican	61.7%
26	KAREN BERG	Democrat	60.5%
28	RALPH ALVARADO	Republican	98.0%
30	BRANDON D SMITH	Republican	73.7%
32	MIKE WILSON	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
34	JARED K CARPENTER	Republican	59.1%
36	JULIE RAQUE ADAMS	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
38	MIKE NEMES	Republican	100.0%	one candidate

2020: 19 contests

Incomplete in the source: counties in the file with no rows for this chamber (uncontested seats left off the ballot, or missing data).

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
1	JASON G HOWELL	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
3	WHITNEY H WESTERFIELD	Republican	78.4%
5	STEPHEN L MEREDITH	Republican	82.0%
7	ADRIENNE E SOUTHWORTH	Republican	52.6%
9	DAVID P GIVENS	Republican	78.5%
11	JOHN SCHICKEL	Republican	70.5%
13	REGINALD THOMAS	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
15	RICK GIRDLER	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
17	DAMON THAYER	Republican	69.3%
19	MORGAN MCGARVEY	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
21	BRANDON JACKSON STORM	Republican	82.4%
23	CHRIS MCDANIEL	Republican	57.7%
25	ROBERT STIVERS	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
27	STEVE WEST	Republican	81.0%
29	JOHNNIE L TURNER	Republican	53.4%
31	PHILLIP WHEELER	Republican	72.2%
33	GERALD A NEAL	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
35	DENISE HARPER ANGEL	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
37	DAVID YATES	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate

2018: 19 contests

Incomplete in the source: counties in the file with no rows for this chamber (uncontested seats left off the ballot, or missing data).

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
2	DANNY CARROLL	Republican	63.2%
4	ROBERT M "ROBBY" MILLS	Republican	50.6%
6	C B EMBRY JR	Republican	67.2%
8	MATT CASTLEN	Republican	58.2%
10	DENNIS L PARRETT	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
12	ALICE FORGY KERR	Republican	50.7%
14	JIMMY HIGDON	Republican	65.2%
16	GEORGE MAXWELL "MAX" WISE	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
18	ROBIN L WEBB	Democrat	57.8%
20	PAUL R HORNBACK	Republican	56.5%
22	TOM BUFORD	Republican	66.0%
24	WIL SCHRODER	Republican	56.9%
26	ERNIE HARRIS	Republican	51.8%
28	RALPH ALVARADO	Republican	53.4%
30	BRANDON SMITH	Republican	73.2%
32	MIKE WILSON	Republican	52.3%
34	JARED K CARPENTER	Republican	61.8%
36	JULIE RAQUE ADAMS	Republican	53.4%
38	DAN MALANO SEUM	Republican	72.3%

2016: 19 contests

Incomplete in the source: counties in the file with no rows for this chamber (uncontested seats left off the ballot, or missing data).

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
1	Stan HUMPHRIES	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
3	Whitney H. WESTERFIELD	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
5	Stephen L. MEREDITH	not in source	63.3%	seats not in source
7	Julian M. CARROLL	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
9	David P. GIVENS	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
11	John SCHICKEL	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
13	Reggie THOMAS	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
15	Rick GIRDLER	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
17	Damon THAYER	not in source	67.9%	seats not in source
19	Morgan McGarvey	not in source	56.1%	seats not in source
21	Albert ROBINSON	not in source	75.1%	seats not in source
23	Chris McDANIEL	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
25	Robert STIVERS	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
27	Stephen WEST	not in source	67.5%	seats not in source
29	Johnny Ray TURNER	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
31	Ray JONES	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
33	Gerald Neal	not in source	84.2%	seats not in source
35	Denise Harper Angel	not in source	98.5%	seats not in source
37	Perry Clark	not in source	96.2%	seats not in source

MEDSL precinct returns 2016-2024: a fixed historic release; the file records no release date.

Sources

Current members: Open States (CC0 1.0), commit 3a1d876 of November 3, 2026; seat totals from openstates-metadata (MIT).

Seats after each election: Carl Klarner, State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022, Harvard Dataverse (CC0 1.0).

District results: MEDSL precinct returns (2018-2024 CC0 1.0; 2016 MIT License).

District lines: US Census Bureau, TIGER/Line cartographic boundaries (public domain), state legislative districts 2024, 1:500,000.

Data through November 3, 2026.